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Neil Armstrong

Reported by: Tony Kim MAG 2

Neil Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5th, 1930. When he was very young, he was very interested in flying.  He attended Blume high school.  Then, he became a test pilot. Armstrong`s first flight on a rocket plane was on August 15th, 1975, on the Bell X-IB. It could altitude 11.4 miles.

Neil Armstrong rode the Gemini 8 for his first- rode spaceship. It was launched on March 13th, 1966. Walter Cunningham, Neil Armstrong, and Scott rode it.

His most famous spaceflight was the Apollo 11 mission. He rode the Apollo 11 and went to the moon. Neil Armstrong was known as that he was the first person to step on moon. Because of the first step on moon, Neil Armstrong became famous.

He got the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, The Silvanus Thayer Award, and The Coiler Trophy from the National Aeronautics association, and the Congressional gold medal. He really sure is a very famous astronaut.

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Yuna Kim

Reported by: Alice Hur MAG 2

Do you know a famous sports player that played when she was 7? She's Yuna Kim! She was not good just when she started skating. here's her story.

Yuna Kim is the best south Korea figure skater in the world. She was bone in1990 September 5th on Bucheon, Gyenggido. Her parents are Hun-Suk Kim and Mi-Hei Park. Her elementary school was Sin-Hung Elementaryschool and her university was Korea University.

As she was growing,she was talented at skating,web surfing,shopping,and listening to music.When she was 12,she won her first senior prize. She was the youngest person to do it too. Also,not only that,she won Olyimpic Champion Award,World Champion Award,World Junior Champion Award,and more.Kim appeared in many commercials in South Korea. Her commercial for a new touchscreen haptic phone from Samsung Electronics sold very well!!! Kim has worked in severalprojects as a singer. She sang the song "Smile Boy"with Sung-gee Lee. It's a song so filled with hope...It's awesome!!!

Kim donated more than 2billion won over her career.Wow~

I think Yuna Kim is a hero because she worked hard and got her dream!^^

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Park Ji Sung

Reported by: Daniel Park

Do you know who Park Ji Sung is? I think that many people around the world will know who Park Ji Sung is, because he is a wold-famous soccer player who has competed in many matches. Well he is the leader of the Korean Soccer team. He is a left positioned midfielder. He is 29 years old and 175cm. He has won more than soccer 10soccer prizes.His birthday is February twenty fifth. On his birthday many fans cheered for him, and congratulated his twenty eighth birthday. He said he enjoyed his suprise birthday party very much. Park Ji Sung's parents are Park Seoug iong and Jang Meung Ja. But he has no brothers or sisters. When Park Ji Sung was young he ate lots of frogs and other insects such as crickets because he wanted to become taller to become a good soccer player. I can't believe that somebody would eat a frog just because they wanted to become taller! I would never, ever eat a frog. His hobby is listening to music and reading. He is very talented in soccer. I think playing soccer is Park Ji Sung's gift from the gods. Not many people have the ability to play soccer as well as Park Ji Sung dose. I hope that I will also have a gift to play soccer.I really think he is a great soccer player and I also want to become just like him, because being a soccer player is my dream from when I was six up until now. I hope that everyone will cheer for Park Ji Sung when he plays a soccer game. Even if he doesn't score,I will cheer for Park Ji Sung always, and so will his thousand and thousands of fans.

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J.K Rowling

By: Seoyeon Lee

Do you know the author of “Harry Potter”? Well I will tell you about her.

J.K Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury, on July31st,1965. Her real name is Joanne Rowling. Her parents are James Rowling and Anne Volent. J.K Rowling has a sister named Dianne.

When J.K Rowing was young, the family moved twice. She was 4years old, her family moved to Winterbourne. J.K Rowling was living in Winterbourne and met a brother and sister that their last names are “Potter”. Rowling’s family moved to Tutshill when she was 9. She had a grandmother named “Kathleen”. When her grandmother died, she made herself a middle name “Kathleen”. The “K” in her name is “Kathleen

When Rowling was 11, she went to Wyedean School. That is when she wanted to write a book for children. She got older and wrote her own auto biography when she was in middle school.

When she got older and she is an adult, she remembered the name of “Potter” and wrote “Harry Potter”.

J.K Rowling will be working to write books. I don‘t what kind of book she will write. I will encourage her to write a good book.

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Bill Gates

Reporter: SoYoun Lim MAG 2

Bill Gates was born in October 28th,1955 Seattle, Washington.

His father was a prominet lawyer his mom served on board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way. Gates has one elder sister, Kristi (Kristianne), and one younger sister, Libby. He went to school at Harvard University and studied more hard then others.

Now, Bill Gates is the richest person in Earth. He was rich overall 1995 to 2009. He made the computer 'Microsoft.'Bill Gates stepped down as chief officer of Microsoft in January 2000.Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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                   Girls Generation “HOOT”

Reported by: Clara Chung

Seoul, South Korea

December 2, 2010

The nine-member group drew inspiration from the retro fashion and music of the 1960s and 1970s as concept for their new album “Hoot” that was released on Oct. 27. The single "Hoot" has achieved success as it dominated online music charts in Korea when it was released last October 18. Moreover, the "Hoot" album has achieved a stunning 150,490 in pre-orders composed of 51,000 online orders and 99,490 offline. Girls Generation drew inspiration from retro fashion for the album concept. The members portray themselves as Bond girls in the album photos. The album is a follow-up of Girls Generation’s “Oh” album and the repackaged “Run Devil Run” album which was released in the first half of this year.

Members of Girls Generation will be very busy as they try to focus on promoting their music in Korea and Japan. This after they held their successful “Into the New World: The 1st Asia Tour” concert at Taipei Arena in Taiwan last Oct. 16 and 17 where 24,000 fans were in attendance. After releasing the Japanese version of “Genie’, they released their second Japanese single, “Gee”, which has sold 28,838 copies on its first day on Oct. 20 and landed at No. 2 on Japan’s Oricon Chart, the highest debut for a Korean girl group.

Girls Generation’s new album ‘Hoot’ is very popular among the teenagers in the world. Girls Generation is a famous girl group in Asia. Thanks to them, Korea is getting more famous in the entertainment world



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THE GREAT SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY

                                                                                        
Reported by: Josh Lee
Seoul, South Korea
December 2, 2010





Do you know about Sapphire Technology?? It is well known as PC Graphic card in the USA and South Korea. It is a multimedia program that is made to make everything 3D, very big, and to make the user feel reality while playing computer games. It is made in, and now showing on Taipei, Taiwan. It is made for computer users to have more advanced graphics. It is made from Direct ☓@ 11 ATD, and there is SAPPHIRE HD 5450, 5550, 5650, 5750, 6870, 6850, 5770, 5570, 5870, etc. SAPPHIRE HD 6870 is the most advanced graphic system. It is also used in medical problems, such as surgery, making medicines, etc. When we use SAPPHIRE PROGRAM for graphic games, we can connect maximum 3 computer's software with one SAPPHIRE CHIP that is a little bit longer than a cigarette case. It is for computer users that wants to play games with other users. It shows 3D graphics, and it is usually 1GB. Especially, SAPPHIRE HD 6000 series is the best advanced and the world-admitted PC graphic system in the whole world!! In my opinion, I want to play game using this advanced technology system!! Also, I actually want to play games with 6800 series. It can get to 1024 MBs, and it can make 4200 MHz. It is very complicated, but it is very advanced and fun to play!!